Heiko Braak

Heiko Braak
Heiko Braak (left) in 2018
Born (1937-06-16) 16 June 1937
Kiel, Germany
EducationUniversity of Hamburg, University of Berlin, University of Kiel
OccupationsAnatomist, Professor

Heiko Braak (born 16 June 1937) is a German anatomist at the Clinical Neuroanatomy Section, Department of Neurology, Center for Biomedical Research, University of Ulm, Germany. He has received awards for his work on Alzheimer's disease and Parkinson’s disease. Braak and his colleagues described disease progression in terms of six different stages, each involving abnormal pathology in particular neurological structures. The type and severity of symptoms is correlated to progression through the Braak stages.

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